[16:6] But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes." Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
[16:7] The angel of Yahweh found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. [16:8] He said, "Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, where did you come from? Where are you going?"
She said, "I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai."
[16:9] The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands." [16:10] The angel of Yahweh said to her, "I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude." [16:11] The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because Yahweh has heard your affliction. [16:12] He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him. He will live opposite all of his brothers."
[16:13] She called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, "You are a God who sees," for she said, "Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?" [16:14] Therefore the well was called [Beer Lahai Roi.] Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
[16:15] Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. [16:16] Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
[17:1] When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless. [17:2] I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly."
[17:3] Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying, [17:4] "As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations. [17:5] Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. [17:6] I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you. [17:7] I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you. [17:8] I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."
[17:9] God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations. [17:10] This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised. [17:11] You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of the covenant between me and you. [17:12] He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your seed. [17:13] He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. [17:14] The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant."
[17:15] God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah. [17:16] I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her."